Principal Software Engineer, Tech Platform, Edge Team

Airwallex Singapore, Singapore
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Attributes We Value: We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of back‑end development experience, building large‑scale, high‑throughput services.
  • Proficient in one or more languages such as Java, Go, Python, or similar, with strong software‑design and system‑thinking skills.
  • Comfortable partnering across product, platform, and security teams; able to explain complex ideas clearly.
  • Deep experience in cloud-native edge networking (API Gateway, DNS, CDN, GA, firewalls)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Proficiency with SDN concepts and tools (e.g., OpenDaylight, Envoy, NGINX/OpenResty, Kong, Apisix)
  • Familiar with Cloudflare, AWS or GCP Cloud Networking, techniques
  • Knowledge of hybrid/multi-cloud patterns and traffic engineering at scale
  • Hands-on with cloud firewall systems, WAF, rate limiting, and bot detection
  • A security-aware mindset with ability to balance protection and developer experience
  • Experience defining cross-team processes and governance frameworks
  • Strong communication skills and ability to lead across engineering and security teams
  • Experience supporting financial or regulated workloads
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes traffic management frameworks